NORRISTOWN — Montgomery County Republican Committee members will vote Wednesday night for a new chairman with state Rep. Mike Vereb, R-150th Dist., expected to become the new face of the once-dominant party.

Vereb is the only name on the ballot, according to John Kelemen, the county committee’s executive director.

Normally, when committee members enter the meeting, they would be given a paper ballot and vote at the appropriate time; however, Kelemen says since Vereb is the only candidate they will just go to a voice vote.

If Vereb is elected by party workers, he will serve as party chairman through 2014.

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“Our bylaws require that we reorganize after the primary election in gubernatorial electoral years,” Kelemen said Monday.

If Vereb is elected, he will lead a group of roughly 775 elected party officials across the county. He will be responsible for identifying statewide and local candidates for endorsement.

Vereb said if he is elected as the party’s chairman in Montgomery County, he will have quite a bit of work to do, even with a recent event showcasing the party coming together.

“We all have great challenges ahead,” Vereb said Monday afternoon. “We have to realize that the enemies are not our fellow Republicans.”

Vereb said everyone who has ideas about helping the Republican Party move forward will be welcomed to share them.

“My success will be engaging all of the people and pulling resources and getting boots back on the ground,” Vereb said. “My plans will be an inclusive approach and to entertain ideas and thoughts from everyone willing to get involved.”

Vereb, a retired police officer and corporate security expert, was first elected to the state Legislature in 2006. He has served as secretary for the majority Republican caucus in the state House for the past two years.

The early election comes after a scandal involving former Chairman Robert Kerns. Kerns, who was arrested last Tuesday on a number of charges including rape, stepped down as the chairman of the county Republican Party on Nov. 14. Kerns was arrested last Tuesday for allegedly raping a former employee of his law firm.

The once-dominant Republican Party in Montgomery Country has suffered a series of embarrassing defeats at the polls in recent years, losing control of the majority on the county board of commissioners in 2011 and losing both county judge races in last month’s General Election.